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Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia

he study examined the extent to which ethnic language use is influenced by strength of ethnic identity among university students in Malaysia. In the study, 100 university students from Malay, Chinese, Indian, and Indigenous ethnic backgrounds filled in a questionnaire on language use in six domai...

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Main Authors: Ting, Su Hie, Nurzatul S, Zainol Abidin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47194/1/2023_Ting_Zainol_Abidin_RBLA_ethnicL_use_ethIdentity.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47194/
https://www.scielo.br/j/rbla/a/FDK8mczfjmyYv33nGWCRLkD/?format=pdf&lang=en
https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398202318449
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spelling my.unimas.ir-471942025-01-02T02:46:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47194/ Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia Ting, Su Hie Nurzatul S, Zainol Abidin P Philology. Linguistics he study examined the extent to which ethnic language use is influenced by strength of ethnic identity among university students in Malaysia. In the study, 100 university students from Malay, Chinese, Indian, and Indigenous ethnic backgrounds filled in a questionnaire on language use in six domains, and their ethnic identity was measured using Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM). English and Malay dominated in the mass media and education domains, and in intergroup and formal interactions, but ethnic languages were mainly used with family, friends and for religious practices. The results showed a moderate level of ethnic language use among the Malay (58.37%) and Chinese participants (59.21%), and a lower level among the Indigenous (49.55%) and Indian participants (42.11%). All four ethnic groups showed a positive ethnic identity. There is a significant positive relationship between the extent of ethnic language use and the strength of ethnic identity. 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47194/1/2023_Ting_Zainol_Abidin_RBLA_ethnicL_use_ethIdentity.pdf Ting, Su Hie and Nurzatul S, Zainol Abidin (2023) Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia. Revista Brasileira de Linguistica Aplicada (RBLA), 23 (4). pp. 1-25. ISSN 1984-6398 https://www.scielo.br/j/rbla/a/FDK8mczfjmyYv33nGWCRLkD/?format=pdf&lang=en https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398202318449
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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country Malaysia
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topic P Philology. Linguistics
spellingShingle P Philology. Linguistics
Ting, Su Hie
Nurzatul S, Zainol Abidin
Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia
description he study examined the extent to which ethnic language use is influenced by strength of ethnic identity among university students in Malaysia. In the study, 100 university students from Malay, Chinese, Indian, and Indigenous ethnic backgrounds filled in a questionnaire on language use in six domains, and their ethnic identity was measured using Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM). English and Malay dominated in the mass media and education domains, and in intergroup and formal interactions, but ethnic languages were mainly used with family, friends and for religious practices. The results showed a moderate level of ethnic language use among the Malay (58.37%) and Chinese participants (59.21%), and a lower level among the Indigenous (49.55%) and Indian participants (42.11%). All four ethnic groups showed a positive ethnic identity. There is a significant positive relationship between the extent of ethnic language use and the strength of ethnic identity.
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author Ting, Su Hie
Nurzatul S, Zainol Abidin
author_facet Ting, Su Hie
Nurzatul S, Zainol Abidin
author_sort Ting, Su Hie
title Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia
title_short Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia
title_full Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia
title_fullStr Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in Malaysia
title_sort ethnic language use and ethnic identity of youth in malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47194/1/2023_Ting_Zainol_Abidin_RBLA_ethnicL_use_ethIdentity.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47194/
https://www.scielo.br/j/rbla/a/FDK8mczfjmyYv33nGWCRLkD/?format=pdf&lang=en
https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398202318449
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